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How community colleges are tackling the nursing shortage

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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The following is written by Dr. Steven Gonzales, Chancellor, Maricopa Community Colleges, a member of the American Association of Community Colleges:

Key Points: 
  • The following is written by Dr. Steven Gonzales, Chancellor, Maricopa Community Colleges, a member of the American Association of Community Colleges:
    Arizona, like many states across America, is facing a nurse shortage.
  • A 2020 nursing workforce survey conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing found that the average age of registered nurses is 52.
  • As one of the first community colleges in Arizona to offer baccalaureate degrees, our system understands the urgency to alleviate the demand for the nursing profession.
  • As the voice of the nation's community colleges, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), delivers educational and economic opportunity for more than 10 million diverse students in search of the American Dream.

National Institutes of Health To Locate Signature Research Program on the Phoenix Bioscience Core

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Friday, September 15, 2023
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PHOENIX, Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wexford Science & Technology, LLC today announced that the National Institutes of Health has signed a lease at 850 PBC and will use the space to accommodate the Phoenix Epidemiology & Clinical Research Branch of the NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).  This innovative basic, translational, and clinical research center will occupy the entire 7th floor of 850 PBC, comprising approximately 35,000 square feet.

Key Points: 
  • "We are thrilled to announce the expansion of National Institutes of Health - NIDDK on the Phoenix Bioscience Core at 850 PBC," said Kyle Jardine, Market Executive at Wexford Science & Technology.
  • "NIH is a key research catalyst for our existing tenants, and reaffirms the PBC as Arizona's central hub for life science research and entrepreneurship.
  • The new lease at 850 PBC will allow all sections of NIDDK Phoenix to be co-located in the Phoenix Bioscience Core.
  • "It's an incredible win for Phoenix that more members of the NIDDK team will join our Phoenix Bioscience Core," City of Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said.